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Euratom
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European NAvigator. Étienne Deschamps. Translated by the CVCE.
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EAEC, international negotiations, nuclear energy, nuclear weapon, peaceful use of energy
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HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1957–1968 Successes and crises >> The establishment of the EEC and Euratom >> Preparation of the Rome Treaties >> Positions on Euratom
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Euratom
Negotiations on the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) sometimes proved quite difficult. France, for example, was against Euratom possessing any powers whatsoever as regards the military use of the atom. The French Army was seeking to acquire nuclear weapons and was afraid that the EAEC might interfere in what appeared to be a national strategic aim. Despite being a little ahead of its partners in nuclear research, France did not have the resources to finance such a powerful industry by itself. It therefore hoped to share the cost of civil nuclear research with Euratom so that it might then devote itself entirely to military nuclear research. This prospect did not appeal to France’s partners who were very reluctant to countenance nuclear weapons. For example, Germany voluntarily abandoned production of all nuclear arms. The four other countries neither had the desire nor the financial resources to possess them. They, too, came out in favour of a ban on nuclear weapons. However, since they wanted the negotiations to come to a successful conclusion, they eventually had to bow to France’s determination. It was therefore decided to give the members of Euratom discretion to use the fruits of military nuclear research, subject to the provision of international controls. France’s partners also wondered whether to embark on the nuclear a (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Overall view of the Mol reactor
Nuclear research site in Petten, the Netherlands
Report by the United States Atomic Energy Commission on European integration (13 April 1956)
View of the room above the ESSOR reactor in Ispra
Nuclear Research Centre in Mol, Belgium
Construction of the ECO reactor in Ispra (1962)
Decontamination of the Ispra I nuclear reactor
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